Nursing Home-Sensitive Hospitalizations and the Relevance of Telemedicine: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: The aging of society is increasing the number of hospitalizations of nursing home residents. Telemedicine might help reduce the frequency of these potentially risk-associated hospitalizations. This scoping review looked for evidence of a change in the rate of hospitalization and, if mentioned, any cost savings and/or staff acceptance of the use of telemedicine in a nursing home setting. To identify available evidence, the electronic databases PubMed, Livivo, EBSCO and JSTOR were searched (without time or regional constraints) for comparative primary research studies on this topic in peer-reviewed journals. A total of 1127 articles were retrieved and 923 titles and abstracts were screened, with 16 studies published between 2001 and 2022 being included. Telemedicine consultation reduced the

SUBMITTER: Valk-Draad MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9566431 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature